[Info-vax] ZIP SYS$INPUT

[Syltrem]

"Steven Schweda" <sms.antinode at gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news: 
11155dec-7053-4af8-bdf0-f8eed4fc3078 at b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
> Syltrem wrote:
>
>> >> Is there a way to have ZIP use SYS$INPUT (or SYS$NET) as input ?
>
>> I know about this, but it cannot work with BACKUP which will not write a
>> saveset to SYS$OUTPUT
>
>   Then why ask how to do it?

>
>> And thinking about it,
>> $ pipe type [-]BMT.C | zip bmt_c2.zip "-"
>> will actually create a file SYS$PIPE containing the *entire* result of 
>> the
>> TYPE command, before ZIP starts processing it.
>
>   And you blame Zip for this?
>
>> I don't think ZIP is able to work with a stream of data (record by 
>> record);
>> it works on the entire file. This would explain why it can't use 
>> SYS$INPUT
>> as a source (it would need to store it somewhere until it reaches ^Z, and
>> then process it).
>
>   I think that Zip can do many things which don't work well
> in a VMS (DCL) PIPE environment which has its own limitations.
> Proper blame assignment can be useful, as well as
> entertaining.
>
>> And that's probably how PIPE works too, it does each command sequentially 
>> so
>> would have to complete the BACKUP before starting the ZIP.
>> That's why I tought to use a DESnet task, and feed the SYS$NET into ZIP 
>> but
>> it doesn't work.
>
>   I can't see what you did.  I can't see what happened when
> you did it.  "it doesn't work" tells me approximately nothing.
>
>> I need a way to compress records one by one as they come (in SYS$NET)
>
>   Perhaps.
>
>> $ pipe copy   f.lis      sys$output:          | zip > f.zip1
>> adding - (stored 0%)
>> $ unzip f.zip
>>
>>      Error:  zipfile is in variable-length record format.  [...]
>
>   PIPE again.  I can't fix that.
>
>> I can spend about 0$ [...]
>
>   Most of my newest (36GB) disks cost me about $0 (where $20
> is "about $0").  How much time have you wasted on this
> exercise?  What was it worth?



Looks like you haven't followed the whole thread and also had a hard day. 
TGIF.
Pls forward the address of you disk reseller if it`s not ebay. I don't pay 
the bills and do not choose where the money goes. My salary is budgeted so I 
cost 0$ as they see it. Any other expense is over budget... That's life.

Syltrem